CERAMICIST JOY SMITHERS
Juggling life as a ceramicist alongside careers in modelling, acting and singing is not that common. But then Joy Smithers has not had a regular ...
Read moreJuggling life as a ceramicist alongside careers in modelling, acting and singing is not that common. But then Joy Smithers has not had a regular ...
Read moreStorytelling is an integral part of Rowena Hannan’s work as a ceramicist and teacher for the past 25 years. “Being brought up as a Catholic my chil...
Read more“Ceramics is an interesting balance between tangible, tactile design and freedom of creation,” Natalie Rosin says. She came to it while studyin...
Read more“From an early age I made, knitted, sewed and embroidered but to me these things were ephemeral and ‘use-less’,” says Sandra Bowkett. However, it w...
Read moreWhile Maryam Riazi studied fashion design and has worked as a design consultant and stylist, it is her interest in objects that has set her on a ne...
Read more“I’m not sure that you ever know if you’re on the right path with your career,” says Jan Howlin. “I only know that I have endless motivation for pu...
Read more“I think the balance of creative aesthetic, technical knowledge and objectivity are what makes ceramics work for me,” says Alana Wilson. The Sydney...
Read moreEven though she studied Modern Asian studies, and spent years working as a language teacher, it was when Mel Robsontook a pottery class that she kn...
Read more“I love how the material changes from the raw state to the last firing, things can change quite considerably, and sometimes surprisingly,” says ce...
Read more“There’s nothing like opening a kiln,” says Anna Eaves, a ceramicist from North Carolina in the USA. “People compare it to Christmas morning, but i...
Read moreThree months after Linda Fahey lost her job in the corporate world, Anthropologiecame calling asking her to create a range of ceramics for them. Up...
Read moreKatia Carlettialways envisaged herself as an artist - but a different one to the one that emerged. Born and raised in Adelaide, she had been studyi...
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